Unit 8-9 Crossword
Across
- 3. Client with epilepsy requires this diagnostic procedure for their condition. It is noninvasive and includes sticky electrodes on the scalp
- 5. Client is jogging in their neighborhood and catches their right foot on an uneven part of the sidewalk, rolling their ankle inward. Reports 5/10 pain with movement, difficulty bearing weight on right ankle, and new ankle edema. XRAY shows no fracture, but damage to ligament.
- 8. Client with meningitis requires a sample of cerebrospinal fluid. They require an invasive procedure to obtain the sample. What is this diagnostic procedure?
- 9. A client is discussing their medical history with the nurse in the clinic. They suddenly develop facial droop on the left side and have dysarthria. Symptoms start to resolve after a few minutes.
- 11. Client with fractured radius has large metal device outside of the forearm that is drilled into the bones through the skin. What is this intervention?
- 12. Client falls off a single story roof and lands on their arm. The shoulder has a visible deformity, severe pain with movement, and new onset paresthesia. XRAY shows complete displacement of bone but no fracture.
- 14. A nurse is moving a patient without assistance and experienced 7/10 pain and muscle spasms in their back after attempting the move. XRAY shows soft tissue damage but no fractures.
- 17. Client jumped off a two story building and landed in a dumpster x3 days ago, resulting in a left open tibia fracture that was treated via internal fixation. The patient now has high fever, feeling chills, and reporting malaise and increasing pain, edema, and erythema in left lower limb.
- 18. Client with fractured left femur is in bed with their fractured limb being suspended with ropes that have a series of weights. What is this intervention?
Down
- 1. Client reports paresthesia and shooting pain in right thumb, index finger, and middle finger, which is worse at night.
- 2. A client with a history of DVT is at a restaurant with family members and suddenly their speech becomes incomprehensible and cannot move any part of the right side of their body. Left side of the body shows weakness that is worsening, and increasing confusion.
- 4. Client jumps from ladder and lands painfully on their left foot. Ankle has visible deformity, muscle spasms, and moderate pain with movement. XRAY shows partial displacement but no fracture.
- 6. Client with fractured hip has screws and metal plates drilled into femur that is not visible outside of the skin. What is this intervention?
- 7. Client plays multiple rounds of tennis in one day, despite never playing tennis before. Later reports moderate right elbow pain that is exacerbated by movement. Mild edema and tenderness in the right elbow. XRAY shows no ligament, tendon, or bone abnormalities.
- 10. Client with recent fractured left tibia. An open reduction and internal fixation was performed x1 day ago. They now report increasing paresthesia and severe pain. The limb has significant edema and poikilothermia.
- 13. Nurse is talking with a client admitted for hypocalcemia when the client immediately becomes unresponsive and falls back with rigid jerking movements throughout the whole body, which lasts for 3 minutes. Client is lethargic and oriented X1 immediately after the event.
- 15. 60 year old female presents with visible deformity and shortening of right leg. Reports severe pain in the limb with movement. XRAY shows a fractured femur, but patient reports no recent trauma and says “my leg just gave out”. What could have caused the fracture?
- 16. Client with recent fractured pelvis after a fall is suddenly confused and wheezing. The nurse notes tachypnea, petechiae, and SpO2 90% and declining.